WENT TO SEE THE NEW MOVIE "MANDELA - Long Walk To Freedom" - VERY WELL DONE, EVEN BRILLIANTLY DONE.
THE ACTORS, ALL OF THEM, WERE SUPER GOOD, THE MAIN ONES EVEN SAY BRILLIANT.
MANDELA WAS IN PRISON FROM 1963 TO 1990....27 YEARS.
THIS BLOWS ME AWAY. JUST MAKES MY MIND GO NUMB. I THINK ABOUT ALL I DID FROM 1963 TO 1990...... JUST VERY HARD TO THINK A MAN SPENT ALL THOSE YEARS IN PRISON.
I WAS SO BUSY WITH MY LIFE THROUGH THOSE 27 YEARS AND CAN'T SAY I KNEW MUCH ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA AND MANDELA AND THE RACE ISSUE OF SOUTH AFRICA; YES DURING THE 1980s HEARD MORE ABOUT IT AS NATIONS WERE SPEAKING OUT AND PUTTING SANCTIONS ON SOUTH AFRICA, AND THEN PUSHING FOR THE RELEASE OF MANDELA. BUT I SURE DID NOT KNOW THE DETAILS OF IT ALL.
IN WHAT WAS SHOWN BY THIS MOVIE [IN THE SHORT TIME SPAN THEY HAD IN COVERING MANDELA'S LIFE] ABOUT THE WHITE GOVERNMENT BEFORE AND DURING MANDELA'S TIME IN PRISON, ALL I CAN SAY.....AND IN SOME WAYS IT WAS SO SHOCKING, IT KINDA LEAVES ME SPEECHLESS.... THE WHITE GOVERNMENT WAS BRUTAL, HORRIFIC, MAD, DESPICABLE, SHAMEFUL, AND JUST DEMONIC CRAZY.
FOR A MAN TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT MANDELA WENT THROUGH [AND MANY OTHERS WITH HIM] AND COME OUT, READY TO FORGIVE......IS INDEED A WONDERFUL CREDIT TO HIS HUMANITY.
I WAS BOILING MAD WATCHING THE SCENES AS TO HOW THE WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ACTED FOR DECADES.
BUT I REALIZED AS DID MANDELA, THAT THE ONLY HOPE TO AVERT A BLOODY REVENGE AND CIVIL WAR, WAS TO DO WHAT MANDELA DID.....
FORGIVE!!
THIS MOVIE AND THE "INVITUS" MOVIE [DONE BEFORE A FEW YEARS BACK] NOW FORM THE PICTURE REALITY OF THE WONDER THAT NELSON MANDELA DID FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
THIS NEW MOVIE ENDS WITH THE WORDS OF MANDELA "NO BODY IS BORN HATING SOMEONE WITH A DIFFERENT COLORED SKIN. THEY HAVE TO BE TAUGHT TO HATE. SO THEY CAN BE TAUGHT TO LOVE. LOVE COMES EASIER TO THE HUMAN SOUL." WELL MAYBE NOT THE EXACT WORDS BUT PRETTY CLOSE.
ONE DAUGHTER OF MINE WAS BORN IN A SITUATION IN MY LIFE, WHEN SHE DID NOT SEE ANY CHILD TILL SHE WAS CLOSE TO BEING 2 YEARS OLD [WAS WORKING IN ENGLAND ON A THOROUGHBRED HORSE STUD FARM IN THE COUNTRYSIDE]. HER MOTHER AND I ONE SUNDAY TOOK HER TO A LOVELY PARK WITH A LAKE. WE DROVE IN AND PARKED. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT NEXT TO US WAS A BLACK FAMILY, WITH CHILDREN ABOUT OUR DAUGHTER'S AGE. OUR DAUGHTER GETS OUT OF THE CAR, STANDS THERE LOOKING AT THE FIRST CHILDREN SHE HAD EVER SEEN IN HER LIFE. I LOOKED AT MY WIFE AND SAID, "LOOK AT THIS," OUR DAUGHTER STOOD THERE FOR AT LEAST 3 OR 4 MINUTES, JUST LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE FIRST CHILDREN SHE HAD SEEN, BUT THEY WERE LITTLE BLACK CHILDREN. SHE LOOKED AND LOOKED, SPELLBOUND, TAKING IT ALL IN, NOT MOVING FOR 3 OR 4 MINUTES. THEN AFTER IT ALL SUNK IN.....OFF SHE WENT TO PLAY WITH THEM, AS IF SHE HAD ALWAYS KNOWN THEM.
IT WAS TRULY AMAZING TO WATCH IT ALL UNFOLD. WHAT A LESSON. SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET. SOMETHING THAT PROVES, WE ARE NOT BORN TO HATE, DISLIKE, STAND AGAINST, THOSE OF ANOTHER COLORED SKIN DIFFERENT FROM OURS.
MANDELA WAS RIGHT! I HAVE SEEN THE PROOF OF IT IN MY VERY OWN CHILD, IN THE STORY I'VE JUST RELATED TO YOU.
"MANDELA - A Long Walk To Freedom" IS A GREAT MOVIE. TWO THUMBS UP!
MAKE SURE YOU SEE IT AND AND WOULD SAY ANY CHILD OF YOURS WHO IS 8 YEARS AND OLDER.
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